Students, teachers, and all those who seek a better knowledge of the social doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church will find contained within this collection the central statements of the Roman Pontiffs on matters relating to politics, economics, and culture.

Joe Carter
Joe Carter is a Senior Editor at the Acton Institute. Joe also serves as an editor at the The Gospel Coalition, a communications specialist for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and as an adjunct professor of journalism at Patrick Henry College. He is the editor of the NIV Lifehacks Bible and co-author of How to Argue like Jesus: Learning Persuasion from History's Greatest Communicator (Crossway).

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This is countered by the exclusivism that has occurred when rich move from poor neighborhoods, counties, and states. Not only do rich people move, but rich corporations move, and blackmail states into oppressively light taxation. Light taxation is oppressive because it’s shifting government funding to individuals. If you want to neglect the poor, by unfunding governance, that is a fair decision, but don’t ask the average Christian or Catholic to cheer you. Where and how will you fund care for the poor? Through the Beverly Hills Catholic Church? Through the San Mateo Country government? They have limited reach and scope, away from any significant populations of poor. It doesn’t seem so hot from my air conditioned lexus, but I know better…..